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Figure 7: Reasons for leaving previous job(s)
Source: Survey
The surveying included also the vision of respondents of staying
in current employment; we found out that more than 70% of
respondents would stay longer than 3 years in the job, indicating
that employees are satisfied with their job, position, or rank. It
seems that multinationals are choosing hard choices, and the
individuals they gain are worth their place. As we have found,
they are also satisfied with their ratings and have the opportunity
to receive various benefits.
Employees who feel that they are reasonably valued are not
looking for side job opportunities and use their spare time to
regenerate strengths and rest. They are then healthier (physically
and mentally) and relaxed. They are not often sick and are more
profitable for the company than those who have to divide their
energy for multiple jobs (Brožová, 2001).
As for the reasons why people stay in current employment
despite their dissatisfaction with given conditions, the lack in
education, practice and sufficient vacancies were together 43%
(fig. 4). However, the majority of the respondents gave other
reasons: they reported fearing social concerns about the
economic instability caused by a change of employment. This in
first place caused by all the liabilities and responsibilities the
respondents are bound to, whether economical aspects like
mortgage loans without which today’s young people have almost
no chance of securing independent housing; or social concerns
like the well-being of small children or good collectives. This all
despite their incomplete satisfaction with current job, wage or
other conditions. These fears are not to be attributed directly to
globalization, but global banking trends in turbulently expanding
credit products could be a frequent cause of the budgets of
working families. In the past, it was more adventurous to save
money on a given house or service. Nowadays, by speeding up
the processes and the possibilities of most multinational banks, a
new credit to cover existing credit can be borrowed. Reckless
pursuit of profit can harm the environment and conflict with
other social values (Soros, 2002).
Almost 60% of the respondents expressed their reluctance to
commute to work longer than 60 minutes for one direction.
Nowadays, people are already aware that they have little free
time remaining besides their working time that may be even
disproportionately distant from their place of residence. The
willingness to commute to work and to travel is only when: "it
will have a significant contribution to my further development"
(source: survey) or "depending on the conditions and the current
situation" (source: survey). Today, when working from home
(home office) and remote working via the omnipresent internet
network, the willingness to commute to work and to travel is
decreasing significantly.
Figure 8: Perceived missing aspects in applying for another
employment
Source: Survey
Figure 9: Willingness to commute to work
Source: Survey
A next survey outcome connected to this topic is also the
assessment of benefits of employment that the respondents
appreciate at their work the most. It was an open answer
question where up to 70% of respondents expressed their feeling
of being weakly financially awarded and would prefer 13th and
14th salaries. Besides that, the overwhelming majority of
respondents (90%) would appreciate an increase of the number
of annual holiday pool or at least to have the possibility of
working remotely from home (so called home office). At the
same time, almost all respondents expressed their desire to have
flexible working hours in terms of work beginning and end
according to their needs. Thus, employees are willing to
commute to work and to travel for better economic conditions.
However, in the case of lower economic remuneration, they
require benefits of a short distance between home and workplace
and better leisure time arrangements. Basically, the well-known
statement “time is money” (Connors et al, 2016), (Wrenn and
Irwin, 2015) is valid also for selection of employment
possibilities. The time spent on
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13,2%
10,5%
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5,3%
15,8%
34,2%
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13,2%
36,8%
insufficient career potential
other personal or family
reasons
burn-out syndrome
dissatisfaction with the work
environment
dissatisfaction with my
superior(s)
dissatisfaction with team
high management demands
low salary
previous work was only
temporary because…
termination by the employer
other
16%
11%
16%
57%
Education
Practice
Sufficient vacancies in my region
Other
26%
32%
13%
5%
3%
13%
8%
Within the city
>20 km on daily base
>50 km on daily base
abroad on weekly base
move to another city
move abroad
other
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